Predator-induced behavioral and morphological plasticity in the tropical marine gastropod Strombus gigas

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 112-120

  Delgado, Gabriel A ^a   Glazer, Robert A ^a   Stewart, Nicola J ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; HATCHERY; LEARNING; SHELLFISH CULTURE; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); GASTROPODA; LOBSTER; MOLLUSCA; NEPHROPIDAE; PALINURA; PANULIRUS; PANULIRUS ARGUS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS; PROSOBRANCHIA; STROMBUS; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 0036705144     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543463     Document Type: Article

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